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Patented May 16, [8 99.

F. A. HALL &.WE. F. TILLEY.

BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

(Application fllad Aug. 94, 1 898.)

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' UNITED STATES FRANK A. HALL, OF MoNToLAIE, NEw JERSEY, AND EDWIN F. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PATENT OFFICE.

TILLEY,

BEDSTEAD-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 825,164, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed August 24,1898- Serial No. 689,375. (N model.) v

"To to whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, FRANK A. HALL, of

Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of and pins and in which the fastening is made absolutely rigid and practically unbreakable by constructing the two parts so that there is produced between them a binding action in addition to the connection of the hooks and pins.

The invention consists in the novel constru ction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described ,and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is-a perspective view of the fastener, parts bein g shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking toward the inside of the fastening,parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the fastener, showing the two parts disconnected and in proximity to each other. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fastening, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification adapted for application to wooden side rails.

Each corner of the bed is provided with one of the fastenings. In the drawings we have shown a single corner of the bed, and consequently one of the four fastenings that are used on each bed. On the post 6 is cast the usual sleeve 7 with which is also cast a vertically-extending metallic plate 8, the outer edge 9 of which is disposed diagonally to the perpendicular of the post, so as to produce an inclined binding-surface, the lower por tion of the edge 9 being extended out farther than the upper portion to produce this result. Recesses 10 and 11 are formed in the plate 8, so as to produce the hooks, such recesses being arranged so that the hooks will be in true perpendicular with each other.

The companion section of the fastening consists of a T-shaped plate 12, riveted orotherwisesecured to the angle-iron side rail 14 of the bed and havingits T disposed vertically, so that it may lie snugly against the outer side of the plate 8 and in immediate proximity to the sleeve 7. its T with three rigid studs or pins 15, 16, and 17, projecting from the inner face of the plate. The pin 15 is adapted to fit in the recess 10, and the pin 17 is adapted to fit in the recess 11, while the pin 16 is adapted to bind against the inclined edge 9 of the plate 8. The parts are assembled by moving the plate 12 with the side rail 14. horizontally toward the plate 8, so that the pins 15 and 17 lie directly over the hooks formed by the recesses 10 and 11. Then by dropping the plate 12 with the side rail 14 the pins 15 and 17 are firmly seated in the The plate 12 is provided at hooks of the plate 8 and the pin 16 is forced down against the inclined edge 9, and thereby caused to bind firmly therewith. This connects the two parts in a thoroughly rigid man ner and prevents any possible play between them.

The pin or stud 16 is placed equidistant between the pins ,15 and 17, so that the position of the plate 12 may be reversed without affecting the fastening. In practice it may be desirable to shift the side rails or in other ways to change their relative location, which is made possible owing to thearrangement of the pin or stud 16 at a point equidistant between the pins 15 and 17. From the foregoing description it may be-seen that the essential feature of our invention consists in the fastening of two sections by looking them together at two points and by causing them to bind against each other "at a point intermediate the locking-points. In this sense the pin 16 forms an abutment on the plate 12, it being not essential that this abutment assume specifically the form shown. I

The modification of the invention shown in Fig. 5 simply involves a rectangular plate 12 instead of the plate 12, by means of which plate 12 the invention is adapted to beds having Wooden side rails or side rails of other form than the angle-iron. The plate 12 is provided with pins or studs 15, 16, and 17, which operate in the manner described above in reference to the pins 15, 16, and 17.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bedstead-fastening, consisting of two sections having an interlocking connection with each other and provided with a separate means for binding them together when interlocked, said means, comprising a wedge-like surface on one section inclined downwardly and outwardly from the part of the bedstead to which the section is attached, and an ab utment on the other section, engaging the said wedge-like surface, whereby the sections will be forced apart and firmly bound together, as set forth.

2. A bedstead-fastening, comprising two sections having interlocking connection with each other at two points, one above the other, and having abutting surfaces intermediate of the said interlocking points, one of the said surfaces being inclined downwardly and outwardly from the part of the bedstead to which the section is attached, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A bedstead-fastening, comprising two sections overlapping each other and having interlocking engagement at the top and bottom, one section having its outer edge inclined downwardly and outwardly from the part of the bedstead to which the section is attached, and the other section provided with a laterally-projecting abutment engaging the said inclined edge when the sections are in interlocked engagement, substantially as de scribed.

4. A bedstead-fastening,comprisinga postsection, and a rail-section, the post-section being provided with a hook at each end and with a wedge-like surface intermediate of the hooks, the said wedge like surface being inclined from its upper to its lower end in a direction away from the post, and the other section provided with pins for engaging the hooks, and with an abutment intermediate of the pins for engaging the cam-surface, sub= stantially as described.

5. A bedstead-fastening, consisting of a post-plate formed with two recesses producing hooks and having its edge intermediate of the hooks inclined downwardly and away from the post, and a rail-section overlapping the post-plate and provided with three lat- FRANK A. HALL. EDWIN F. TILLEY.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. M. RITTER, ISAAC B. OWENS. 

